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The EU's General Court backs Google's challenge against the EU's €1.49B antitrust fine, imposed in 2019 for hindering rivals in online search ads (www.reuters.com)
2024-9-18 Google

Intel's decision to delay new Germany and Poland plants by two years is a blow to the EU's goal of making 20% of the world's chips by 2030, up from ~9% in 2022 (www.politico.eu)
2024-9-18 Germany Intel Poland

Microsoft, BlackRock to launch $30 bln fund for AI infrastructure (indianexpress.com)
2024-9-18 Microsoft AI

Amazon names Samir Kumar as the new head of its India consumer business, a month after his predecessor Manish Tiwary's sudden exit, as competition intensifies (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-18 India Amazon

Sources: the EU's decision to fine Meta, with up to 10% of its global annual revenue, for linking Marketplace and Facebook, could come as early as October 2024 (t.co)
2024-9-18 Facebook

Google Will Begin Labeling AI-Generated Images In Search (search.slashdot.org)
2024-9-18 Google AI

The GSM Association plans to enable E2EE on messages between Android and iOS; Google is working to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats “as soon as possible” (www.theverge.com)
2024-9-18 Android IOS Google

Microsoft: starting in late August, Russian cyber operatives focused on Harris' campaign, with disinfo including videos spread by a site posing as a news outlet (www.axios.com)
2024-9-18 Russia Microsoft

Sources: BlackRock is aiming to launch a $30B+ AI investment fund with Microsoft, to build data centers and energy projects that meet the growing demands of AI (t.co)
2024-9-18 Microsoft Energy AI

IBM Acquires Kubernetes Cost Optimization Startup Kubecost (tech.slashdot.org)
2024-9-18 IBM Startup

Ransomware gangs now abuse Microsoft Azure tool for data theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2024-9-18 Microsoft

IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-18 IBM Startup

Google plans to flag AI-generated images that have C2PA metadata on Search, Google Lens, and Circle to Search in the “about this image” box, within a few months (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-18 Google AI

Uber says it plans to start checking US passengers' account info against third-party ID verification databases; drivers will be able to see a user's blue badge (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-18 Uber

In US v. Google, YouTube's CEO Defends the Google Way (news.slashdot.org)
2024-9-18 Google YouTube

Google plans to use C2PA's standard to identify images taken with a camera, edited in tools like Photoshop, or made using AI via its “about this image” feature (www.theverge.com)
2024-9-17 Google AI

Microsoft calls for “clarity and consistency” over US export controls that have held up shipping AI chips to UAE-based G42, in which Microsoft invested $1.5B (t.co)
2024-9-17 Microsoft AI

How Netflix staged a remarkable recovery since its 2022 stock crash, adding 45M+ subscribers via a password crackdown and gaining an edge over Hollywood rivals (t.co)
2024-9-17 Netflix

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 to kick off on September 27: Offers and deals teased (indianexpress.com)
2024-9-17 India Amazon

Google Backs Privately Funded Satellite Constellation For Wildfire Detection (news.slashdot.org)
2024-9-17 Google

Intel's big move is to spin off its chipmaking business into separate unit as turnaround takes even longer (indianexpress.com)
2024-9-17 Intel

Intel Plans To Turn Foundry Business Into Subsidiary, Allow For Outside Funding (slashdot.org)
2024-9-17 Intel

A US federal jury finds Zynga infringed on two IBM patents related to web-based communications and orders the game maker to pay $44.9M; Zynga plans to appeal (www.reuters.com)
2024-9-17 IBM

Microsoft unveils a $60B stock buyback program, matching its largest-ever repurchase authorization, and raises its quarterly dividend by 10% to $0.83 per share (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-17 Microsoft

Microsoft fixes bug crashing Microsoft 365 apps when typing (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2024-9-17 Microsoft

The US awards Intel up to an additional $3B under the CHIPS and Science Act for the Secure Enclave program to expand the supply of microelectronics for the DOD (www.cnbc.com)
2024-9-17 Intel

Intel announces it is creating a separate entity for its foundry business, a structure that could allow it to raise outside funding; INTC jumps 8% after hours (www.cnbc.com)
2024-9-17 Intel

Intel announces it will coinvest with AWS in a custom AI chip in a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar framework” and is delaying plants in Germany and Poland (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-17 Germany Intel AI Poland

Microsoft rolls out Office LTSC 2024 for Windows and Mac (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2024-9-17 Microsoft

Google's 20% ad transaction cut was a primary subject of its antitrust trial at the end of week one; the DOJ says it's a key sign of Google's online ad monopoly (www.theverge.com)
2024-9-17 Google

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